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PE01568: Funding, access and promotion of the NHS Centre for Integrative Care

Petitioner: Catherine Hughes

Status:

Lodged

Date Lodged:
12 May 2015

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that Scotland-wide access to the NHS Centre of Integrative Care (NHS CIC) is restored by providing national funding for a specialist national resource for chronic conditions, to uphold NHS patient choice and cease the current postcode lottery by removing barriers to patient access and prevent institutional discrimination by helping to promote the benefits of this care pathway for patients with long-term conditions.

9 February 2016: The Committee took evidence from Catriona Renfrew, Director of Planning and Policy, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Dr Hugo van Woerden, Director of Public Health, NHS Highland, Dr Harpreet Kohli, Director of Public Health, NHS Lanarkshire and Professor Alex McMahon, Director of Strategic Planning, Performance Reporting and Information, NHS Lothian. The Committee agreed to consider the petition at a future meeting to allow the petitioner to respond to the evidence session. Link to Official Report 9 February 2016

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